Podcasts about Louth

The darkness is falling, the wind is rising, the moon glares in the cloud-smirched skies like a single dead eye - & our Halloween special of frightening fiction featured possessed doorbells, Russian skinwalkers, headless corpses, Polar terror, fearsome Irish mammies & the hi-tech house from actual Hell ... Listen if you dare!

Cllr Pat Hayes on the Blackwater Fish Kill, Dr Danielle O Donovan, Director of the Butter Museum on their new suite of learning resources for Cork schools, Cllr Declan Power speaks to us about the ‘Chatty Benches' concept that he'd like to see go beyond Louth and Meath and Jane Pigott answers all your pet questions. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

For the first time in 14 years, Caltra Cuans contest an AIB All-Ireland intermediate ladies football semi-final on Sunday (30th November 2025) when they travel to face Louth's St. Fechin's. Six survivors from the 2010 All-Ireland winning juniors remain, while they'll also have eight starts from the Ahascragh-Caltra camogie side that played in Croke Park last year. Ahead of the game, Caltra Cuans manager Peter Birch has been chatting to Galway Bay FM's Darren Kelly. == Throw-in at Integral GAA Grounds, Drogheda on Sunday is 1.15pm and we'll have updates here on Galway Bay FM.

Ronan Lynch, agronomist with Deeside Agri, and suckler and beef finisher, Brian Kirk from Co. Louth, are on this week's Beef Edge to discuss the opportunity of using native grains in rations.  Ronan explains that of the 7 million tonnes of grains used in the country, only 2 million are produced in Ireland.  He highlights the benefits of oats and reducing the carbon footprint by incorporating homegrown grain ore in rations such as oats.  We often hear that barley is the premium grain, and oats are just a second-best option for livestock. However, Teagasc trials showed that when feeding finishing beef cattle on a grass silage-based diet, rolled oats performed just as effectively as rolled barley.  Brian then details his suckling and finishing system and discusses how performance on his farm has improved by using oats in the rations. Further details at:https://teagasc.ie/publications/oats-a-high-performing-native-grain/  For more episodes from the Beef Edge podcast, visit the show page at:https://www.teagasc.ie/thebeefedge Produced on behalf of Teagasc by LastCastMedia.com  Image: FarmersJournal.ie 

Changes to the Asylum Laws re to be considered at Cabinet tomorrow. The changes are discussed by Ruairi O Murchu Sinn Fein TD for Louth, Paula Butterly Fine Gael TD for Louth. Tadgh McNally Political Reporter with the Irish Examiner

Why do our public transport plans take the long and winding road to completion, our panel Ruairi O Murchu Sinn Fein TD for Louth, Paula Butterly Fine Gael TD for Louth. Tadgh McNally Political Reporter with the Irish ExaminerAnd in Brussels Sadhbh O'Neill, contributor to the Irish Times.

As women take to the streets of Dublin seeking the elimanation of violence against women, our panel discuss Sinn Feins new bill with Ruairi O Murchu Sinn Fein TD for Louth, Paula Butterly Fine Gael TD for Louth. Tadgh McNally Political Reporter with the Irish ExaminerAnd in Brussels Sadhbh O'Neill, contributor to the Irish Times.

Send us a textWelcome back to another Class Chat. In this episode Will is joined by Warrenpoint Barton Shield team who won the All Ireland this year in Douglas Golf Club. On the chat are Colm Campbell, Rian Carvill, Stephen Coulter, Vincent Toner and the team Captain Peter Kenny. The guys chat through their season giving a flavour of the prep involved and then the journey through Ulster South culminating in a tasty final with long time rivals Tandragee Golf Club. Onward to Douglas and we hear about the matches against Muskerry, a roller coaster against Co. Louth and then the exciting final against the Grange. These guys play hard and celebrate just as hard but they are already excited about 2026 and possibly retaining the trophy. This is a great chat with 5 gentlemen. Worth a listen. Follow us on instagram @atocpod and follow our YouTube channel @atocpod

Not a bad start to the week from Sarah Rhyming her way to the first solid Rhyme It score of the new week

A primary school in Louth has been forced to send emails to Government representatives detailing how under pressure the school is financially.In this instance, the school asked parents to ensure students bring in their own toilet roll and their own hand towels to school due to insufficient funding…Joining Seán Defoe to discuss is Eoin Dolan, Principal of Mother of Divine Grace National School in Finglas and Pearse Doherty, Sinn Féin TD for Donegal and Spokesperson on Finance, who raised this issue in the Dáil.

Laura Hogan, North East Correspondent, reports on how communities in the north east are trying to come to terms with the devastating weekend crash near Dundalk in which five young people died.

Following on from Gerry highlighting the chaotic traffic situation in and out of the M1 Drogheda Retail Park on Drogheda's Northside, Louth County Council have replied... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Laura Hogan, North East Correspondent, reports on the tragic weekend road crash in which five young people died in Co Louth. Padraig McGovern, Principal of O Fiaich College, Dundalk, pays tribute to Chloe McGee, who died in the crash. Michael Gallagher, Sinn Féin councillor based in Drumconrath, Co Meath, pays tribute to the young victims.

Barry Gallagher, journalist with RTÉ, reports on Co Louth road crash in which five young people lost their lives.

The two vehicle collision occurred in Gibstown outside Dundalk on Saturday night and claimed the lives of young people from Meath, Louth, Monaghan and Lanarkshire in Scotland. Our north east correspondent Laura Hogan was in Dundalk. We also hear from the president of Dundalk Institute of Technology Dr Diarmuid O'Callaghan.

Una Kelly reports from Dundalk and we hear from Ruairí Ó Murchú, Sinn Féin TD for Louth.

We return to that tragic road crash that claimed the lives of five young people in Dundalk on Saturday night. Our Chief Reporter Barry Whyte joins us from Co.Louth.

The deaths of five young friends, all under the age of 25, in a road crash in Co Louth at the weekend have left communities in Louth and Monaghan devastated. The friends have been named as: Chloe McGee, Alan McCluskey, Dylan Commins, Shay Duffy and Chloe Hipson. Barry Whyte, Newstalk's Chief reporter, joined Ciara from Louth.

The deaths of five young friends, all under the age of 25, in a road crash in Co Louth at the weekend have left communities in Louth and Monaghan devastated. The friends have been named as: Chloe McGee, Alan McCluskey, Dylan Commins, Shay Duffy and Chloe Hipson. Joining Ciara to reflect on the terrible tragedy was Monaghan Councillor, Peter Conlon and Psychologist, Richard Hogan

Communities in Ardee, Carrickmacross, Drumconrath and Lanarkshire in Scotland have been devastated following a car crash which claimed the lives of five young people this weekend. Speaking to Pat on the tragedy was Mgr Shane McCaughey, Parish Priest, Carrickmacross and Paula Butterly TD, Fine Gael, Louth.

We return to that tragic road crash that claimed the lives of five young people in Dundalk on Saturday night. Our Chief Reporter Barry Whyte joins us from Co.Louth.

Late Lunch paid a visit to long-time Show sponsors Blackstone Motors Showrooms in Drogheda, where we spoke with owners Noel Stewart and Donal Waters, Paddy Comyn from Done Deal Motors, Louth's All Star Sam Mulroy, Louth ladies captain Aine Breen and her teammate Kate Flood and Louth senior mens's assistant manager Peter Dooley. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On our visit to Late Lunch and Louth GAA sponsors Blackstone Motors Drogheda Showrooms, Louth senior men's Captain Sam Mulroy dropped by to reflect on a year that saw him lift the Leinster and Louth tiles with county and club Naomh Mairtin and become only the third Louth man to be an All Star! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Continuing our series featuring women councillors in Louth and Meath, with the youngest councillor ever elected to Louth County Council, Sinn Fein's Dundalk South representative Sionnain McCann. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Paula Butterly, Fine Gael TD for Louth, Martin Kenny, Sinn Féin TD for Sligo Leitrim, Michael Fitzmaurice, Independent Ireland TD for Roscommon Galway, Mary Regan, Political Editor with Independent Newspapers.

Our panel of Paula Butterly, Fine Gael TD for Louth, Martin Kenny, Sinn Féin TD for Sligo Leitrim, Michael Fitzmaurice, Independent Ireland TD for Roscommon Galway, Mary Regan, Political Editor with Independent Newspapers and Dr. Jennifer Kavanagh, Lecturer in Law at the South East Technological University discuss today's inauguration.

Paula Butterly, Fine Gael TD for Louth, Martin Kenny, Sinn Féin TD for Sligo Leitrim, Michael Fitzmaurice, Independent Ireland TD for Roscommon Galway, Mary Regan, Political Editor with Independent Newspapers.

All politicians are being warned against scapegoating asylum seekers after an arson attack on an IPAS centre in Co. Louth. People Before Profit TD Paul Murphy has issued the warning and says targeting innocent children is unacceptable. A security review will be undertaken at all IPAS centres after four children, including a baby, were among five people rescued from the top floor of a building housing International Protection applicants on Friday night in the town, while 28 people were made homeless. Meanwhile, newly arrived Ukrainian refugees will only be allowed 30 days in State accommodation under new plans from the Government. Last night, the Cabinet sub-committee agreed to slash the current 90 day allowance after a recent surge in arrivals from the war torn nation. Elsewhere, the group also agreed in principle that working asylum seekers will have to contribute towards their accommodation costs. However, further work on this proposal will now be undertaken and presented to Cabinet again in the next few weeks. Fianna Gael councillor, Joe Garrihy and Simon Ó Treasaigh, Clare Immigrant Support Centre Manager spoke with Alan Morrissey on Tuesday's Morning Focus. Photo (c) benedek from Getty Images Signature via Canva

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Visiting Louth's secret tropical garden, answering questions on perennial geraniums & dahlias and Martin has his hints for the week, including some excellent advice on propagation so you too can get plants for free!Secret Garden of Louth: facebook.com/thesecretgardenoflouth Videos Mentioned:How to Transplant an Olive Tree: https://youtu.be/eUUwXE6P6l0?si=nScjADGj7MEO8_vz Autumn/Fall Dahlia Care: https://youtu.be/PmR2MYrOkq4 Visit potsandtrowels.com for links to all the videos & podcast episodesEmail Questions to info@potsandtrowels.com Our weekly YouTube videos are here: Pots & Trowels YouTubeThe Pots & Trowels team:Martin FishJill FishSean RileyFind out more about Martin & Jill at martinfish.com Find out more about Sean at boardie.comPodcast produced by the team, edited by Sean, hosted by buzzsprout.com

Tánaiste Simon Harris has said Ireland's asylum seeker system is not working, and Government should reconsider its policies "in a very serious way. To discuss this Matt Carthy, Sinn Féin Spokesperson on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration and Paula Butterly, Fine Gael TD for Louth and Vice-Chair of the Oireachtas Justice Committee.

A look at what happened today in the presidential election race with Louise Burne, Political Correspondent for The Irish Examiner, John Connolly, Fianna Fáil TD for Galway West, Ruairí Ó Murchú, Sinn Féin TD for Louth, and Aidan Farrelly, Social Democrats TD for Kildare North.

Paul and Mick discuss the tragic triple murder investigation in Louth, the murder suicide in Finglas, harassment of former Taoiseach Leo Varadkar, the release of dangerous transgender prisoner Barbie Kardashian. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Caoimhe Butterly, Human Rights Activist; Erin McGreehan, Fianna Fáil TD for Louth; Louise O'Reilly, Sinn Féin TD for Dublin Fingal; Liam Quaide, Social Democrats TD for Cork East; Sarah Burns, Reporter with The Irish Times

Erin McGreehan, Fianna Fáil TD for Louth; Louise O'Reilly, Sinn Féin TD for Dublin Fingal; Liam Quaide, Social Democrats TD for Cork East; Sarah Burns, Reporter with The Irish Times

Erin McGreehan, Fianna Fáil TD for Louth; Louise O'Reilly, Sinn Féin TD for Dublin Fingal; Liam Quaide, Social Democrats TD for Cork East; Sarah Burns, Reporter with The Irish Times

Erin McGreehan, Fianna Fáil TD for Louth; Louise O'Reilly, Sinn Féin TD for Dublin Fingal; Liam Quaide, Social Democrats TD for Cork East; Sarah Burns, Reporter with The Irish Times

North East Correspondent, Marc O'Driscoll reports on the three family members found dead at their home in Co. Louth yesterday. Father Gerry Campbell, administrator in Louth parish, explains the feelings of the community as it comes to terms with the killing of three family members at their home.

Marc O'Driscoll, North-East Correspondent, highlights the latest developments in the Co. Louth case where a father (Mark O'Connor), mother (Louise O'Connor) and their son (Evan O'Connor) were killed in their home. Rory Mulholland, Chairman of North East Runners, pays tribute to Mark O'Connor.

As Drumgowna and its people are in all our thoughts, PJ gets an update from Ruth O'Connell, Deputy News Editor LMFM, part of the Onic network. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Speaking to Drivetime about the response from the local community, Cllr Rachel Kerley of Fine Gael and Deputy Ruairí O'Murchu of Sinn Féin

Gardaí have arrested a man in his 30s in connection with an incident in a rural area of County Louth in which three people were killed. Newstalk Reporter Jessica Woodlock is at the scene, and joins guest host Ciara Doherty to give the latest updates…

Fianna Fáil's Jim Gavin has emerged as the candidate with the strongest national radio footprint in the run-up to the 2025 Presidential election, according to new research from Irish PR intelligence platform Everhaze. Analysis of 2,500 radio clips over the past twelve weeks shows that while Independent Catherine Connolly leads overall mentions (36.3%), Gavin (33.5%) pulls ahead in terms of national airwaves share, with 34.9% of his coverage on national talk formats. By contrast, Connolly's campaign is more heavily weighted to local outlets (68.6% of her coverage) and Heather Humphreys' profile is even more locally concentrated (71.3%). This national advantage translates into strong presence across high-reach talk shows such as The Pat Kenny Show, Newstalk Breakfast, and The Anton Savage Show, where margins between candidates are typically slim but Gavin remains consistently competitive. On local radio, however, Connolly retains the edge, leading in 13 counties including Donegal (+22pp) and Galway (+18pp). Gavin posts selective peaks (notably Louth, where he dominates with 77.5% of mentions) and converts his national presence into 8 county leads overall. Humphreys, meanwhile, has a more concentrated footprint, with standout strength in Cavan/Monaghan (+12pp lead). Sentiment analysis underscores a three-way contrast: Humphreys records the most positive net tone (+12pp), Gavin trends neutral-positive (+5pp), while Connolly faces a more polarised balance (?3pp). Speaking about the findings of the report, James McCann, CEO of Everhaze said: "With nominations closed and facing into the four week sprint, each candidate will be looking to own the share of voice across the national airwaves to capture undecided voters. Outside of Dublin the counties of Longford, Leitrim and Roscommon have heard the least from all candidates so far which is unsurprising given the battle for the urban centres of Dublin, Cork, Limerick and Galway. As the campaign heats up its every candidate's race to lose in presenting a clear narrative and message to the public." Everhaze is an Irish-built PR intelligence platform that tracks real-time media coverage across radio, print, and online sources in Ireland and the UK. Its technology combines broadcast capture with AI-driven analysis to map who is getting talked about, where, and in what tone. The platform is widely used by communicators to monitor campaigns, understand sentiment shifts, and measure share of voice. As part of the 2025 Presidential campaign, Everhaze has launched the "Battle of the Airwaves" tracker, a live view of how each candidate is performing week-by-week on radio. The tracker highlights: Share of voice across national vs local stations County-by-county exposure showing where candidates are winning or lagging Sentiment balance, capturing whether coverage is favourable, critical, or neutral Programme battlegrounds, where margins between rivals are razor-thin Updated weekly, the Battle of the Airwaves gives voters, journalists, and campaign teams a transparent lens on who is winning the media war as the race for Áras an Uachtaráin heats up. See more stories here. More about Irish Tech News Irish Tech News are Ireland's No. 1 Online Tech Publication and often Ireland's No.1 Tech Podcast too. You can find hundreds of fantastic previous episodes and subscribe using whatever platform you like via our Anchor.fm page here: https://anchor.fm/irish-tech-news If you'd like to be featured in an upcoming Podcast email us at Simon@IrishTechNews.ie now to discuss. Irish Tech News have a range of services available to help promote your business. Why not drop us a line at Info@IrishTechNews.ie now to find out more about how we can help you reach our audience. You can also find and follow us on Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and Snapchat.

On this week's episode, sporting legends Tommy Durnin, Lizzie Murphy, Stephen Coen and Daire Cregg join Sarah McIntosh live from the Ploughing in Tullamore to talk all things sport and farming.We have a special Young Stock Podcast this week as we record live at the National Ploughing Championships in Screggan, Co. Offaly. Sarah McIntosh is joined by four sporting legends who have a strong tie to agriculture and the land. Louth footballer Tommy Durnin, who also owns a suckler farm, discusses the recent success of the team winning the Leinster Senior Football Championship for the first time in 68 years. Along with this he gives some advice to young players.Irish Hockey goalkeeper Lizzie Murphy, who studied agriculture in UCD, is now working as a tax associate for PwC Ireland. She discusses what it was like travelling to the Tokyo Olympics during COVID-19 and the importance of encouraging women in sport.Stephen Coen, the general manager of Senus and a senior footballer for Mayo, also joins us to discuss dealing with disappointment and encouraging the next generation of players into the squad.Finally, the newest edition to the Irish Farmers Journal dairy team, Daire Cregg, who is also playing on the Roscommon football team joins us to discuss the opportunities for Irish athletes abroad and his own experience studying agriculture in UCD. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

RTÉ's Marc O'Driscoll reports on the mystery of what happened to 6 year old Louth boy, Kyran Durnin.

Up for the MatchOff on Sunday morning to Croke Park. Dark skies. Lots of grey clouds. Our journey was delayed by Féile An Phobail's 5km and 10km run. Diverted and distracted we eventually got out of West Belfast and on the road to Dublin. Enroute the dark skies lightened. The grey clouds gave way to blue heavens and gentle sunshine. We were off to watch Antrim's Lady Footballers in our own All Ireland against Louth. As we crossed the Border KneeCap kept our spirits high. Their ceol blasted out and the car rocked as we hip hopped to the Capital. A morning after the night before follow-on from Saturday evening's Falls Park Country frolicks.The match in Croker started off positively with Antrim taking an early lead but Louth soon asserted themselves and Antrim was chasing the game from then until the last ten minutes. Some of the players may have been overwhelmed by the big occasion.  If so who could blame them? To play in Croke is mighty and Antrim supporters were out in strength. Everyone, including us, as proud as could be.  Family members, club mates. The number of Northern Gaels was swelled by Tyrone supporters who later went on to win their championship against Laois. Dublin went on to best Meath in the Seniors. A great day of Gaelic football.Gaza – An Gorta Mór – The StarvationThe scenes of desperation as starving people in Gaza try to get basins or pots filled with soup, are shocking images. It is a famine we are told. Last week the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC), a United Nations panel which had long warned of the threat of famine, concluded that it was now a reality.The use of the word ‘famine' and the images of starving children are a reminder for many in Ireland of what life must have been like during An Gorta Mór in the 1840s. But it is important to note that in a famine there is no food. In Ireland there was plenty of food. During those years the quaysides of ports along our coast were lined each day with abundant produce - all bound for export. It was a starvation.The hunger in Gaza is an Israeli made starvation. Aid agencies and the UN have more than enough food and medical aid ready to enter Gaza. Israel prevents this. It is not a famine – it is a starvationOrangism in the New IrelandThe northern statelet was built for unionism. It was constructed and then managed in a way to ensure that nationalists would never have a say in running the place.We are less than three years off the 30th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement. Most citizens, and many within the broad unionist section of our people, have grown accustomed to the stability and peace it has brought but there are others who still hanker after the old days of supremacy. The DUP shares the office of the First Minister with Sinn Féin but their strategy is focused on the next Assembly election in two years' time and their aim is to remove Michelle O'Neill as First Minister. That is why there is a battle a day over Irish language rights. That is why there has been no start on building the new Casement. That is why there is negative nonsense over bi-lingual signage in public places.

Hear from Kevin Larkin, Chris Scullion, Aine Breen, Ceire Nolan & Kate Flood as OTB'S Scarlett Herron brings you ALL of the reaction from Croke Park as The Wee County claimed junior glory with a win over Antrim on a scoreline of 0-13 to 1-08!SUBSCRIBE at OffTheBall.com/join

Welcome to the Final Whistle on Off The Ball.Here is your one-stop shop for all the weekend's biggest GAA voices in one podcast.David Wilson brings you through the entirety of the biggest day in the Ladies Football calendar, as we get reaction to Dublin's win in the TG4 Senior All-Ireland Final, plus reaction to Tyrone's win in the Intermediate decider and Louth's win in the Junior showpiece.Become a member at offtheball.com/subscribe

Orlaith Duff (ex-Meath), Fabienne Cooney (ex-Galway) and Nadine Doherty (ex-Donegal) are all in studio to preview Sunday's Ladies Football Finals between Antrim v Louth, Laois v Tyrone, and Dublin v Meath in the Senior Championship at Croke Park.

Former Dublin ‘keeper Ciara Trant joins Ger Gilroy and Colm Boohig ahead of this weekend's Ladies Football Finals at Croke Park on Sunday where Antrim face Louth in the Junior final, Laois take on Tyrone in the Intermediate and Dublin face off against Meath in the Senior Ladies Football Championship.OTB Breakfast w/ UPMC #GetBackInAction